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Run The Numbers – The beauty of back-to-back
Overpass entered rare air with his second successive win in the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot. The week’s Run The Numbers looks at the 56 horses this century who have been good enough to win the same Australian Group 1 race on multiple occasions.
Racing Victoria shakes up media and broadcast with key executives to depart
Racing Victoria has brought its media business, RDCM, fully back in-house, with CEO Peter Campbell’s role made redundant and RSN chief executive officer Bernard Saundry to depart.
‘It would take a lot to cancel the EGM’ - ATC presses on with Rosehill vote despite board changes
A change in the make-up of the Australian Turf Club board won’t alter the club’s plans to put a vote on the future of Rosehill before members in April, according to chairman Peter McGauran.
Bjorn again – Overpass continues his Ascot love affair
Bjorn Baker’s star Overpass has extended his domination of WA’s best sprint races, claiming the Winterbottom Stakes for the second straight year.
Savage but irresistible – Why a Sydney satellite stable makes so much sense for Victorian trainers
With Anthony and Sam Freedman having followed in the footsteps of Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr and taken out a satellite operation in Sydney, Matt Stewart examines the motivations behind the shift from state to national operations.
Anti-Rosehill sale campaigners Hale, English win spots on ATC board
The Australian Turf Club election for two board places has resulted in a significant win for candidates against the proposed sale of Rosehill racecourse.
A year to remember – A first birthday for The Straight
Twelve months on from our launch, managing editor and founder Bren O’Brien reflects on the journey of The Straight, in what has been an extraordinary time of change for the thoroughbred breeding, racing and wagering industries.